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End of Life Decisions

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:52:00 GMT

Decisions regarding end of life for our beloved animal companions from bunnies to dogs to horses are agonizingly personal and affected by many factors from the course of illness or decline to weather, life changes, and economic considerations. For whatever reasons of planetary alignment, I have been engaged in multiple conversations already this year regarding that elusive and oh so horrifically painful question -- when is the right time?? I do not remotely have the answer to that question. I won't even ... read more

Retirement and Successor Dogs

Sat, 2 Mar 2024 02:35:00 GMT

Most of us look forward to retiring. If we have planned well retirement gives us a chance to pursue old and new interests, work when we choose as well as volunteering our time with charitable organizations. We hopefully will retire when our health still allows us to enjoy a physically and mentally active life.

When I speak to clients about retiring their service dogs they defend their right to still use their dog because it is still healthy, as long as it takes its medication, wants to work or rather wants to be with its person because it is the only life it has know. Inevitably read more

Dog Training Certification

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:32:00 GMT

We'd appreciate your answers to a few quick questions about dog training certification.

Dog Training Certification Survey

What We’re Paid For: The ABCs of Fee-Setting

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 23:12:00 GMT

I had an eye-opening experience the other day. At the end of a private lesson, my student handed me a few bills to pay my fee. And then she pulled another bill out of her wallet and pushed it into my hand. "I should pay you more," she said. "You saved my life!" I did some mumbling, tried to refuse the extra money, and then finally took it as she went on praising me to the heavens.